Ash sifter and receptacle.



Patented Apr. I5, 1902'.

J. M. OLSEN. ASH SIFTER AND BEGEPTAGLE.

(Application filed Aug. 19, 1901.) (No Model.)

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NITFD JOHN M. OLSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO CARLO. KJERSTENSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ASH SIFTER AND RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 697,744, dated April15, 1902.

Application filed August 19, 1901. Serial No. 72.594:- (No model) To aZZwhom may concern: a, which, as shown, is semicylindrical, and

Be it known that I, JOHN M. OLSEN, a subto these heads is secured inanysuitable manject of the King of Sweden and Norway, renor thesifter-body. A cover a is hinged at siding at Chicago, in the county ofCook and one side and is of the requisite dimensions to 55 5 State ofIllinois, have invented a certain new entirely close the top of thesifter, and its free and useful Improvement in Ash Sifters and sideisprovided with a suitable hasp or other Receptacles, of which thefollowing is aspeciform of catch a by means of whichthe cover fication.will be held securely down in the operation The object of my inventionis to construct of the sifter. 6c :0 a simple, effective, and reliableash-Sifter in The sifter A as a whole is carried in a connection with areceptacle for the ashes frame or bandB,made of sheet metal orotherwhich can be used, if so desired, by the side suitable material and of adiameter to fit of a stove, range, or furnace and into which within thetop of the receptacle with which the ashes to be sifted can be depositeddirect the sifter is used. The frame or band on op- 65 and the siftingoperation performed without posite sides has an inwardly-extendingjourthe necessity of taking up the ashes and carnal-box each formed of afixed section b, atrying them out to a sifter, as has heretofore tachedto the frame or band, and ahinged secbeen the general practice. At thesame time tion I), held in place when down by a catch the constructionof the sifter and receptacle 1) orin anyother suitable manner. Each end70 is one which permits of the sifting operation of the sifter near itstop edge has an outwithin the room containing the range, stove,wardly-extending journal or pivot-pin c, or furnace without anyliability of the ashes which are mounted in the journal-boxes of anddust flying in the sifting operation, so the band, for which purpose thejournalthat the ashes can be sifted directly in the boxes are made withan upper hinged sec- 75 room and no ill effects from flying ashes andtion, and when mounted the sifter is free to dust will arise. beoscillated or turned on the journals or The invention consists in thefeatures of pivot-pins within the frame or band. The construction andthe combinations of parts journal or pivot-pin c at one end is formed tohereinafter described and claimed. receive a handle or arm C, having agrip c, 80 0 In the drawingsillustratingthe invention, by means of whichthe siftcr can be oscil- Figure 1 is an elevation of the sifter andrelated or turned within its frame or band. ceptacle constituting theinvention in condi- The receptacle D for cooperation with the tion foruse; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation of sifter may be in the general formof apail or the parts as in Fig. 1 with the sifter in full bucket orother desired form and can be made 85 3 5 elevation; Fig. 3, a top orplan view of the of sheet metal or other suitable material, its

sifter and frame; Fig. 4, a side elevation of open end having aninterior diameter correthe sifter and its supporting band or frame;spending to the exterior diameter of theframe Fig. 5, an end elevationof the sifter, and orband carryingthe sifter, so thatsuch frame Fig. 6 adetail showing the construction ofthe or band can be entered into thetop of the re- 0 4o journal-boxes carrying the shaft or journalsceptacle and have asuftlciently close fit thereof the sifter. in toprevent the escape of fine ashes and The sifter A has its body a made ofwiredust in the sifting operation. The receptacle, netting or perforatedmetal of the proper if so desired, may have on opposite sides ears meshto furnish the necessary openings for d to receive a bail D for carryingthe recep- 5 the passage of the ashes and for retaining the taclearound. The receptacle and the Sifter particles or pieces of unconsumedcoal, so are to be closed, so as to be ash and dust that the ashes willbe separated from the portight, by a cover E, the open end of which fitstions of unconsumed coal and the coal can snugly around the upperportion of the frame be removed from the sifter to be burned in or bandof the sifter and abuts against the 1o: the fire-pot of the stove,range, or furnace. top edge of the receptacle, as shown in Figs. At eachend of the sifter-body is a tight head 1 and 2, and in order to allowthe cover to be fitted closely to place a notch e is formed in its edgeto pass over the projected journal or pivot-pin having the handlethereon, as shown in Fig. 1, and the cover can have a suitable handle efor the removal and replacement thereof. The cover can be made of sheetmetal or other suitable material, and the construction of the open endof the receptacle and the open end of the cover has such relation to theconstruction of the frame or band carrying the sifter that when theparts are assembled and in position for use the operation of the sifterwill be dustless, the parts having a sufficiently close relation toprevent the escape of fine ashes and dust in the sitting operation.

In use the receptacle, with the sifter therein and the cover removed,can be placed adjacent to the ash-pit of the stove, range, or furnace,so that the ashes can be removed from the ash-pit by a shovel orotherwise and deposited within the sifter, it being understood that thecover of the sifter is raised to allow the ashes to be depositedtherein. The cover when the sifter is filled with ashes is turned downand locked, and the cover E for the receptacle is placed in position, soas to tightly close the receptacle. The operator by means of the handleor arm 0 then oscillates or turns the sifter, which causes the ashes tobe separated from the unconsumed portions of the coal and to fall downinto the bottom of the receptacle, and after the sifting operation hasbeen continued a sufflcient length of time to separate the ashes thereceptacle, with the sifter therein, is set to one side until the fineashes and dust have settled, and when this condition is reached thecover E can be removed, the hinge-section of the journal-boxes raised,and the sifter, with the unconsumed coal therein, can be removed fromthe receptacle and the coal again returned to the fireentire operatingmechanism independently of the receptacle to be carried to the alley orelsewhere and the sifting operation performed in a barrel or othervessel. The receptacle in addition to being a receiver for the ashes mayalso be used as a receiver and depository for dust, lint, orrubbish.Moreover, after the sifting operation in the receptacle the removal ofthe sifter enables the receptacle to be more easily carried out andemptied than would otherwise be the case.

The supporting frame or band carrying the sifter can be made of adiameter to fit into an ordinary Waste pail or bucket, thus enabling thesifter, with its cover, to be applied and used with an ordinary ashbucket, pail, or

can.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an ash sifter and receptacle, the combination of an oscillatingsifter, a journal or pivot-pin on each end of the sifter, a frame orband having a slot in one side into which one of the pivot-pins isremovably mounted, hinged journal-boxes on the inner wall of the frameor band removably mounting both journals or pivot-pins of the sifter, areceptacle adapted to receive the frame or band and have the sameremovably and rigidly entered into its top, a cover for the receptacleover the sifter slidable over and around the frame or band to restagainst the top rim of the receptacle, and a handle for oscillating thesifter, substantially as described.

2. In an ash sifter and receptacle, the combination of a semicylindricaloscillating sifter having semicircular ends, a rounded screensurfacebetween the ends and a hinged lid or cover, a journal or pivot-pin oneach end of the sifter, a frame or band in which the sifter is removablymounted, hinged journal-boxes on the inner wall of the frame or bandremovably mounting the journals or pivot-pins ofthe sifter, a handle orarm on one of the journals orpivot-pins, and a receptacle adapted toreceive the frame or band and have the same removably entered into itstop, substantially as described.

JOHN M. OLSEN. lVitnesses:

BERTHA A. PRICE, OSCAR W. BOND.

